Monday, October 29, 2007

Late Fall Stitcher Updates

NEW!!! Teen Knitting Class

Saturday Jan. 5, 12 & 19Hedberg Public Library316 S. Main St., JanesvilleHelp us teach a group of teenshow to knit! If the students areinterested in continuing, we willbe forming a Jr. SnB group ...and perhaps expanding the lessonsto younger students.Volunteers don't need to be experts...just able to show those just beginninghow to tame unruly needles!Winter Weekend Warmup February 8-10, 2008Fiber Thing's, St. Nazianz, WIwww.hiddenvalleyfarmwoolenmill.com

Great websites for purchasing spinning supplies and fiber:http://www.paradisefibers.net (Personal favorite!)http://www.babesfibergarden.comhttp://www.blackberry-ridge.comhttp://www.villagespinweave.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product/asp/hierarchy/0K/product-id/810841.htmlhttp://www.thebellwether.bizhttp://www.the-wheel-thing.com.

AMAZING and INNOVATIVE new TV program....DON'T MISS THIS ONE!:Viewers of this season's instant hit "Pushing Daisies" are going to get an eyeful of mighty interesting knit work made by Chi McBride's character, private investigator Emerson Cod. The behind-the-scenes talent responsible is celebrity knitting guru, author, designer and owner of the popular Studio City, Calif., knitting yarn emporium, La Knitterie Parisienne, Edith Eig. Eig has been a formidable force in the knitting world for years, pushing the craze to knitting fanatics from Virginia Madsen to Catherine Zeta Jones.

For "Pushing Daisies," research was first and foremost on the agenda, and Eig was up for the task, teaching Chi the art of knitting. Her expertise was further employed when she was asked to custom design and hand knit a selection of one-of-a-kind props for the show. In a matter of days, she wielded her knitting needles to stitch up items including two gun holsters in red suede yarn, 10 "money bags" (aka socks), a tissue box, coasters, a pencil holder, a coffee-mug cozy, a desk file organizer, and a warm cable-knit scarf in a gold, cream and green tweed.

Sadly still ongoing . . .Join others concerned with ending the war and urging peace at our weekly vigil everyTuesday at 4pm in front of Congressman Paul Ryan's office at Olde Towne Mall,20 S. Main St., Janesville. Signs are available for your use or bring your own.